- a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn.
- a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor.
- anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time.
- an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job.
- the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job.
- the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job.
- the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job.
- a medical procedure or operation performed to improve the appearance of a specified part of the body (used in combination): a nose job; a boob job to enlarge her breasts.
- a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job.
- a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain.
- an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned.That guy sure is a good-looking job.
- a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs.
- to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece.
- to do business as a jobber.
- to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain.
- to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often followed by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits.
- to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana.
- to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office.
- to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property.
- to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain.
- of or for a particular job or transaction.
- bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities.
- do a job on, Slang.
- to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month.
- to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow.
- alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed.
- poke; thrust; punch.
- the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
- a book of the Bible bearing his name.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “persecuted.”
- an individual piece of work or task
- an occupation; post of employment
- an object worked on or a result produced from working
- a duty or responsibility
- a difficult task or problem
- a state of affairs
- a damaging piece of work
- a crime, esp a robbery or burglary
- an article or specimen
- an instance of jobbery
- a unit of work for a computer consisting of a single complete task submitted by a user
- appointments given to or created for allies or favourites
- on the job
- actively engaged in one's employment
- engaged in sexual intercourse
- exactly what was required
- to work by the piece or at casual jobs
- to make a private profit out of (a public office, etc)
- (intr usually foll by in)
- to buy and sell (goods or services) as a middleman
- to buy and sell stocks and shares as a stockjobber
- to apportion (a contract, work, etc) among several contractors, workers, etc
- Old Testament
- a Jewish patriarch, who maintained his faith in God in spite of the afflictions sent by God to test him
- the book containing Job's pleas to God under these afflictions, attempted explanations of them by his friends, and God's reply to him
- any person who withstands great suffering without despairing
